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Ho ho ho, it's that time of year - and what a dumpster fire of a year it's been. To celebrate making it through 2020 and to serve you some Christmas cheer, here is a cheeky little compilation of what we deem to be the best bits of the podcast ever. Is this the most narcissistic ep yet? Absolutely. But pour yourself an eggnog (what is eggnog anyway?), kick back with a whole pavlova and enjoy this trip down memory lane.

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After a devastating cancer diagnosis at 20 years old, Molly Rowlandson from neo-soul band Molly & The Chromatics took her incredible sound from the hospital ward to the festival circuit - rocking a bald head, smashing chemotherapy and overcoming heartbreak along the way. This week, come for the inspiring tales, stay for the new Snack theme tune Molly busts out and a very special impromptu performance from Sez Temps.

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Get out your textbooks and sit up straight - an actual secondary school teacher teaches us a lesson this week as we find out what the heck teenagers are like today, bust out the chatter rings for a bit of nostalgia and relive our most mortifying schoolyard moments. Plus, we dig up star student Sarah's not-to-be-missed Facebook statuses from 2010.

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What's the single best thing you can do for your skin daily? Natural skincare queen and Sez's personal girl-crush Emma Lewisham has the answer. We talk pimple popping, plastic surgery, putting your makeup on before your partner wakes up and loving the skin you're in. Plus Emma explains how she casually built a clean beauty empire from the ground up.

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Fashionista and stylist to the stars Sarah Stuart (say that ten times fast) joins us to give us a fresh perspective on what to wear and how to deal with fashion haters after Mon was asked a question no unsuspecting - and unexpecting - woman wants to hear. We celebrate big boobs and thicc thighs and commiserate over changing room nightmares, all in the name of serving a look.

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Grab a bucket of fake blood and your skimpiest costume - it's The Snack's Halloween Special! Sez reveals her family's trick or treating trauma and Mon reminisces on a deadly walk of shame after one particularly creepy All Hallows Eve. Whether you're boo'd up or haunted by the ghosts of lovers past, this is the eerie episode for you. Beware the huge fright Sez gives us all, but mostly herself, telling a scary story of a haunted house. 

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Ready to get trashy? This week, consider us your walking, talking tabloid twins as we dissect some of the most savage celebrity cheating scandals and breakups of the past and present. Plus, Mon shares a dramatic tale of a teenage toga party tussle that wouldn't be out of place on a reality TV show.

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We are BACK for season five and what a banger of an episode we have to kick things off.  This week we're joined in studio by incredible drag artist Monty Montgomery, who wears numerous hats (figuratively and literally) in the Auckland drag scene, and tells us exactly why we all - straight, cis, queer or otherwise -  need to be taking an interest. They also reveal the most incredibly awkward first date tale we've ever heard - a story of disastrous miscommunication they managed to overcome with their now-boyfriend. You'll need to be sitting down for this one.

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Mon's wonderful mum Diana Wichtel joins us for our season finale to help drag her daughter on a mortifying trip down memory lane. Diana relives the waking nightmare of raising teenage Mon, including boyfriends hidden down the side of the bed and busting her on top of a mountain drunk on Jack Daniels. Plus, Sez does a dramatic reading of Mon's bratty response to chores and incredibly spoilt Xmas wishlist, written circa 2002.

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We know what you're thinking: "What, another rebroadcast? Do these girls even work?" But it's for a good reason. Poor Mon has lost her voice and so can only croak a sad "hello". Instead of Sez monologuing for 40 minutes - tbh, her preferred option - we've brought you one of our favourite episodes from season 1. Hope you're hungry! Enjoy, and we'll be back next week for our grand finale!

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